#93 in Classics
The Sirens of Titan
- 319
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work
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Our view
“The Sirens of Titan” is Vonnegut in freewheeling form: a comic space story, Martian invasion included, in which the next turn can never be predicted. Beneath the absurdity it asks serious questions about free will and whether human history has any purpose, and it manages to be oddly consoling about the answers. Some readers find the plot scattered until the ending draws it together. An approachable way into his work.
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About the book
The Sirens of Titan is a comic science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., first published in 1959. His second novel, it involves issues of free will, omniscience, and the overall purpose of human history, with much of the story revolving around a Martian invasion of Earth.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 663 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 82% of the weight and the score stays at 8.0 — the Classics average of 7.7 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 14 | 2% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 18 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 631 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Sirens of Titan?
It has 319 pages — shorter than 76% of the ranked books in Classics.
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